"Sweet are the uses of adversity"

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William Shakespeare

#Sweet Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.”

Source : Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: the autobiography of Ernst Toller”
“To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.”
“She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty.”
“After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one's own close relatives.”
“To me the world seems grotesque, absurd, ridiculous, painful.”
“When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.115, Simon and Schuster
“We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.”
“You nicked-named my daughter after the Lock Ness Monster!”

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